ANC 64.8%down 9.0 pts from 73.8% in 2021
Most party (PR) votes
Stations open 7am–9pm · results from 9pm · SourceSpecial votes 2 and 3 Nov, 8am–5pm.
Elected ward councillor ?
Mealton Doctor MahlakeAfrican National CongressPR ballot ? · 2 793 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 81164.8%
DADemocratic Alliance1766.3%
AUMAfrican Unified Movement1655.9%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters1575.6%- DCMDemocratic Community Movement1174.2%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party963.4%
ActionSA511.8%
UATUnited Africans Transformation451.6%
APCAfrican People's Convention391.4%
BLOMBushbuckridge Locals Movement311.1%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement190.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party160.6%- SDPService Delivery Party160.6%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania130.5%- ODFOrganisation for Democracy and Freedom80.3%
URFUnited Residents Front60.2%
VF PLUSVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus50.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement50.2%
COPECongress of the People40.1%
BRABetter Residents Association30.1%- BTCPBarberton Community Party30.1%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party20.1%
NFPNational Freedom Party10.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.0%
SAHRASouth Africa My Home Residents Association10.0%- GAZANKULGazankulu National Party10.0%
- Mahlo People’s MovementMahlo People’s Movement10.0%
Hours off in Ward 11 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 7 ?
Mealton Doctor Mahlake (ANC) won Ward 11 with 1 794 votes, 25.6% of the ward's 7 001 registered voters. Turnout was 40.5%: 2 838 of 7 001 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 11, Bushbuckridge, voting district by voting district.
- Farel Primary SchoolVD 76150188ANC 85.0%
- Mathule Primary SchoolVD 76150256ANC 61.2%
- Malele Traditional Authority OfficeVD 76150324ANC 59.2%
- Saile Primary SchoolVD 76150672ANC 64.1%
- Sekhukhusa High SchoolVD 76150751ANC 54.9%
- Apostolic Faith Mission TabernacleVD 76150830ANC 64.8%
- Esselman Primary SchoolVD 76150896ANC 64.9%
Candidates · 22
- Nancy Saleta MathipaActionSA
- Mealton Doctor MahlakeAfrican National Congress
- Philemon Sipho MalumaneAfrican People's Convention
- Tebogo Landra JeleAfrican Transformation Movement
- Shadrack Kaizer MashegoAfrican Unified Movement
- Collen Richard SebopelaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Lawrence Respect SilindaBarberton Community Party
- Tebogo Sidney LekhuleniBushbuckridge Locals Movement
- Ntimane Luckson MathebulaCongress of the People
- Mpho DludlaDemocratic Alliance
- Collen NyalunguDemocratic Community Movement
- Bekizizwe Jeffrey MthethoEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Alex NdlovuLabour Party of South Africa
- Innocentia Mamochaena MohlalaOrganisation for Democracy and Freedom
- Marchell Emmanuel PulePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Rapule Jackey MohlalaService Delivery Party
- Lizzie MoganeSouth African Communist Party
- Maetekelo MashaleThe Winners Movement Party
- Kgaugelo ThekoUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
- Miriam Jane MahlakeUnited Africans Transformation
- Alex Advice LebyaneUnited Residents Front
- Ben Bernard DlovoVryheidsfront Plus | Freedom Front Plus
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 8 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 2 841 · spoilt 42 · special votes 327 · All 7 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 7 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 7 voting districts here (2 838 of 7 001). The IEC publishes 40.6%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 30 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 794 vs 5 416; AUM 191 vs 516; DA 177 vs 543; EFF 152 vs 481; DCM 122 vs 358; SACP 89 vs 282; ActionSA 53 vs 156; BLOM 49 vs 113; UAT 45 vs 136; APC 41 vs 116; MAYIBUYE 17 vs 52; MKP 15 vs 48; ODF 12 vs 20; SDP 12 vs 34; PAC 10 vs 23; ATM 6 vs 16; BTCP 6 vs 9; VF PLUS 6 vs 15; URF 1 vs 9; ACDP 0 vs 5; AEF 0 vs 2; BRA 0 vs 9; COPE 0 vs 4; GAZANKUL 0 vs 1; GJDP 0 vs 8; IFP 0 vs 2; NFP 0 vs 3; Mahlo People’s Movement 0 vs 1; PA 0 vs 8; SAHRA 0 vs 4. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 125 times in 7 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Bushbuckridge's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 23:10 SAST.